Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-09
WOMEN 0UTAFrER NIGHT.

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"A Custom Rscoming Quite Frequent
nm New York.
New York Letter: The number is
we'll nigh legion In q big CITY like New
York Of women and girls whose daily
tasks keep them from nome after dark.
and who make their way through the
streets with perfect impnnity. The be-
lated traveller meets them, singly and In
Rrnn Es, N thA nrsd a and I~arsies, nj Ali
hours, from early dark to long past mid
night, and. il he is ont so late himself;
toward morning. Some Of them-not
very msny-set type In newspaper Of
foes. and q good many work n telegraph
Offices, though they sre not supposed to-,
and there is 8 respectable minority in !
great variety of trades anti ccupa
tions, but the vast body of women are
clerks and cashiers in the big stores,
whose labofH during the busy season
keep them away from home late ut thigh
Even 10 stores where there is an "earlys
closing" rule, the purchasers are not got
rid OF till 6 o'clock, whom there is still
the work of cleaning up the days debris
to be done, and there is no p~retenss Of
closing early Saturday evening or dur.
AAB pA0 AAtOAAd0yb w. AuAOhkkAg tEHy
frequently overtakeH the toiIer at the
counter with her tasks unfinished, and
there are occasions when nearly the
the whole night must be spent in
preparation for some special coup Of
trade.
The woman doctor is ont ct all hours,
OF hours, and / have met q medical stod-
emit OF barely 20 trudging siong at Q
nsctnQE i'm Aha vtnnYnyn0 ruhrlA kha saIls--i
! aln almost blinded her, her hand on the
shoulder of q ragged lid of 10, who was
conducting her to q sick bed in the east
aide tenement region.
1t ia o good deal to the credit OF the
metropolis, that, SIS o rule, these girls are
nearly 30 safe from rudanesses rs ia the
daylight. They are modest and nm
obtrusiye in appearance, they mind
their OWE business and have ways to
make the would-be masher mind his.
From highs toilers of the other sex-men
and boys who are oat 0'nignts on errands
OF necossity-they have little to feas.
The workingman or boy may be rude
he is not. bat he is seldom persistent and
rot often Intentionally troublesome.
This growing frequency OF night era-
I Rtpy Alb4f ApA AWOhACA AhCnAso pIpLicun.
Gus change In the once accepted notions
and opinions of mankind. The judge
who declares from the bench that q
| woman has no business to be aboard
after dark is yet heard from once in d
while, bnt the achronism always calls
forth . burst OF righteous indignation,
I was talking with u night worker,
masculine, the other day about this very
topic. He raid that he had often Lost
his horse car and had to wait q half hoa,
for another in the wee small hours, be.
cause Of his reluctance to let . fellow
worker. feminine, to grope along for he.
car in the muddy streets. Despite this
experience. which Is enough to make any
but the most sweet tempered man CON
~servatiYe, he spoke most enthuslsstical.
Fly of the effecs likely TO be produced MP
ON women, especially young women, by
self supporting habit, and said no look
ed to see them gain in worth and digni
W and practical knowledge by contac,
with practical necessities. The working
girl will never be wholly practical. how
isver. so long ns she permite . man Il
lose his own car while finding hers, mn
less she has reason to suspect that tht
cefvice is q pleasure to him.
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